{{Short description|American basketball player and coach (born 1958)}} {{for|the comic book artist and writer|Darwyn Cooke}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox basketball biography | name = Darwin Cook | image = | width = | caption = | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 3 | weight_lb = 184 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1958|08|06}} | birth_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S. | high_school = Crenshaw (Los Angeles, California) | college = Portland (1976–1980) | draft_year = 1980 | draft_round = 4 | draft_pick = 70 | draft_team = Detroit Pistons | career_start = 1980 | career_end = 1992 | career_position = Point guard / shooting guard | career_number = 12, 1 | coach_start = | coach_end = | years1 = {{nbay|1980|start}}–{{nbay|1985|end}} | team1 = New Jersey Nets | years2 = {{nbay|1986|full=y}} | team2 = Washington Bullets | years3 = 1987–1988 | team3 = La Crosse Catbirds | years4 = 1988 | team4 = Scavolini Pesaro | years5 = {{nbay|1988|full=y}} | team5 = San Antonio Spurs | years6 = 1989 | team6 = Denver Nuggets | years7 = 1989–1991 | team7 = Scavolini Pesaro | years8 = 1991–1992 | team8 = Quad City Thunder | cyears1 = 2017–2019 | cteam1 = Antelope Valley | highlights = * 2× Italian League champion (1988, 1990) | stats_league = NBA | stat1label = Points | stat1value = 5,820 (9.5 ppg) | stat2label = Rebounds | stat2value = 1,308 (2.1 spg) | stat3label = Assists | stat3value = 2,248 (3.7 rpg) | bbr = cookda01 }} '''Darwin Louis Cook''' (born August 6, 1958) is an American basketball coach and former player.

==Playing career== Cook played for the University of Portland from 1976 to 1980, and was selected by the Detroit Pistons with 70th overall pick in the 1980 NBA draft.

Cook's NBA career lasted from 1980 to 1989, and he played for the New Jersey Nets, Washington Bullets, Denver Nuggets, and San Antonio Spurs. In 1987, he signed a one-year contract with Scavolini Pesaro of the Italian Serie A1 before returning to the NBA for one more season, playing for the Nuggets and the Spurs. After his NBA career, in 1989, he returned to Italy and signed a two-year contract with Scavolini.<ref>{{cite web |title=Sports People: Pro Basketball; Darwin Cook to Italy |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/07/05/sports/sports-people-pro-basketball-darwin-cook-to-italy.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=January 8, 2019 |date=July 5, 1989}}</ref>

==Coaching career== On May 19, 2017, Cook was named a head coach of the University of Antelope Valley's Pioneers men's basketball team.<ref>{{cite web |title=Former NBA Star Darwin Cook Named Pioneers Men's Basketball Head Coach |url=https://www.uavpioneers.com/article/539 |website=uavpioneers.com |access-date=January 8, 2019 |date=May 19, 2017}}</ref>

==Career playing statistics== {{NBA player statistics legend|leader=y}}

===NBA=== Source<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/m/macyky01.html|title=Kyle Macy NBA stats|website=Basketball Reference|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|accessdate=29 October 2025}}</ref>

====Regular season==== {{NBA player statistics start}} |- |style="text-align:left;"|{{nbay|1980}} |style="text-align:left;"|New Jersey | 81 || || 24.4 || .468 || '''.240''' || .733 || '''2.9''' || 3.7 || 1.7 || .4 || 11.2 |- |style="text-align:left;"|{{nbay|1981}} |style="text-align:left;"|New Jersey | '''82''' || 17 || 25.5 || '''.482''' || .226 || .728 || 1.9 || 3.9 || 1.8 || .3 || 11.0 |- |style="text-align:left;"|{{nbay|1982}} |style="text-align:left;"|New Jersey | '''82''' || '''47''' || '''32.0''' || .449 || .211 || .769 || '''2.9''' || '''5.5''' || '''2.4''' || '''.6''' || '''13.2''' |- |style="text-align:left;"|{{nbay|1983}} |style="text-align:left;"|New Jersey |style="background:#cfecec;"|'''82'''* || 31 || 22.8 || .443 || .239 || .754 || 1.9 || 4.3 || 2.0 || .4 || 8.7 |- |style="text-align:left;"|{{nbay|1984}} |style="text-align:left;"|New Jersey | 58 || 9 || 18.3 || .468 || .087 || '''.870''' || 1.6 || 2.8 || 1.3 || .2 || 8.2 |- |style="text-align:left;"|{{nbay|1985}} |style="text-align:left;"|New Jersey | 79 || 33 || 24.9 || .426 || .208 || .757 || 2.2 || 4.9 || 2.0 || .3 || 8.0 |- |style="text-align:left;"|{{nbay|1986}} |style="text-align:left;"|Washington |style="background:#cfecec;"|'''82'''* || 2 || 17.3 || .426 || .087 || .796 || 1.8 || 1.8 || 1.2 || .2 || 7.5 |- |style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2"|{{nbay|1988}} |style="text-align:left;"|San Antonio | 36 || 0 || 21.0 || .467 || .194 || .821 || 1.6 || 2.3 || 1.2 || .1 || 9.6 |- |style="text-align:left;"|Denver | 30 || 4 || 12.9 || .436 || .200 || .773 || 1.6 || 1.4 || .9 || .2 || 5.4 |- class=sortbottom |style="text-align:center;" colspan=2|Career | 612 || 143 || 23.1 || .453 || .196 || .764 || 2.1 || 3.7 || 1.7 || .3 || 9.5 {{s-end}}

====Playoffs==== {{NBA player statistics start}} |- |style="text-align:left;"|1982 |style="text-align:left;"|New Jersey | 2 || || '''43.0''' || .394 || .000 || .333 || 1.5 || 4.5 || 1.0 || '''1.0''' || '''14.0''' |- |style="text-align:left;"|1983 |style="text-align:left;"|New Jersey | 2 || || 31.5 || .333 || .000 || '''1.000''' || 3.0 || 5.0 || .5 || .0 || 10.0 |- |style="text-align:left;"|1984 |style="text-align:left;"|New Jersey | '''11''' || || 16.8 || .366 || .308 || .708 || 1.6 || 2.8 || 1.4 || .0 || 7.4 |- |style="text-align:left;"|1985 |style="text-align:left;"|New Jersey | 1 || 0 || 7.0 || '''.750''' || &ndash; || &ndash; || .0 || 1.0 || .0 || .0 || 6.0 |- |style="text-align:left;"|1986 |style="text-align:left;"|New Jersey | 3 || 0 || 25.7 || .448 || .000 || .333 || 2.3 || '''5.7''' || '''1.7''' || .7 || 9.3 |- |style="text-align:left;"|1987 |style="text-align:left;"|Washington | 3 || 0 || 13.7 || .250 || '''.500''' || .500 || 2.3 || 1.0 || 1.3 || .0 || 4.7 |- |style="text-align:left;"|1989 |style="text-align:left;"|Denver | 3 || '''3''' || 22.0 || .500 || '''.500''' || '''1.000''' || '''4.3''' || 3.7 || 1.0 || .0 || 10.3 |- class="sortbottom" |style="text-align:center;" colspan=2|Career | 25 || 3 || 21.0 || .386 || .240 || .652 || 2.2 || 3.3 || 1.2 || .2 || 8.3 {{s-end}}

==See also== * List of National Basketball Association single-game steals leaders

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20060831185159/http://www.basketballreference.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=COOKDA01 College & NBA stats] @ basketballreference.com * [https://web.archive.org/web/20061116072858/https://www.nbrpa.com/news/wherenow/darwin_cook.aspx "Where Are They Now" – Darwin Cook] by Talia Bargil @ nbrpa.com

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